high-rise
adjective
(of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators.
highrise
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a variation of
high-rise.
Example Sentences
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The 30-floor highrise will contain 650 apartments, some with a view of the Statue of Liberty.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Several weeks ago the BBC featured a resident of a highrise block in Bristol who is struggling to bring his family up on his own during the cost of living crisis.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2022
To ensure the new highrise apartments are popular, North Korea will have to further improve electricity and water supplies, and overcome worries about the quality of construction, he added.
From Reuters ● Apr. 15, 2022
The Newsmax reporter also brought a custom picket sign and lobbed question at Fox News from outside of their midtown Manhattan highrise.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
If the mice don’t go, maybe I can move to a newly built highrise apartment, somewhere, anywhere.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2019
